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Supra‐Aggregation: Microphase Formation in Complex Fluids
Author(s) -
André P.,
Filankembo A.,
Lisiecki I.,
Petit C.,
GulikKrzywicki T.,
Ninham B. W.,
Pileni M.P.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(200001)12:2<119::aid-adma119>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - materials science , component (thermodynamics) , microstructure , complex fluid , copper , fracture (geology) , chemical physics , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , physics , engineering
Emulsions are not necessarily thermodynamically unstable. Here it is shown that thermodynamically stable states of self‐assembled supra‐aggregates exist, and that the component ratios and microstructures that form can be predicted quantitatively from elementary arguments. The Figure is a freeze fracture image of one of the phases that forms when copper( II ) bis(2‐ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate is mixed with isooctane and water.